Course layout editor: When creating a new course as a copy of an existing course, also course specific graphics will be copied.

OCAD Line and Area Symbols: Border symbols not shown

Browse Courses: Added option to configure the color used to show each course.

Added support for Windows 8 and 10 Screen magnification setting

OCAD Line Text Symbols: Improved handling

Condes texts: The white background area did not always scale with the text

20 February, 2016Version 9.2.2 released. This version uses a file format compatible with version 9.2.0

New features

Improvements

Fixes

When creating an overlaid graphics object and configuring it to use the map from a canvas, then the course can also be shown on the graphics object. This can be used for example to show an enlarged section of the map and course or to show a maze as used in labyrinth-O. See more about this in on-line help.

OCAD Map: Support for OCAD 8 background maps

OCAD Map: Now ignoring a number of different spurious objects (garbage) in OCAD files

Course layout editor: When creating a new course as a copy of an existing course, also course specific graphics will be copied.

OCAD Map: Background map not displaying correctly when the map is moved relative to the Condes coordinate system (using the Move Map feature)

Text objects: Size could grow very large when using right alignment

3 November, 2015Version 9.2.1 released. This version uses a file format compatible with version 9.2.0

New features

Improvements

Fixes

OCAD Map: Problems with dashed double line objects

Control Descriptions: Problem with splitting a control description into multiple columns.

OCAD Map: Problem when invalid real-world coordinates are read from an OCAD map.

PDF Export: Problem with hatched areas in OCAD maps.

OCAD Map: Problem with line text objects with empty text

XML Export: Real-world coordinates invalid format

Course Layout Editor: Map not redrawn at the moved position after "Move Map"

13 October, 2015Version 9.2.0 released. This version uses a file format that is not compatible with previous versions

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Support for geo-referenced bitmap files. If a so-called World File accompanies the map file, then Condes will read the geo-referencing info from that file and provide geo-referenced coordinates for controls etc. This supplements the already existing support for reading geo-referenced data from OCAD files.

OCAD line objects with double lines. Improved handling of corners and ends

Controls spreadsheet: Did not always show all controls

Support for overlaid graphics objects on top of the course. Previously, overlaid graphics and mask areas were always shown below the course layer, and any elements at the course layer (such as the control description) would cover for any overlaid graphics objects and mask ares.

This version introduces support for moving overlaid graphics objects and mask areas on top of the course layer. This is done by right clicking on the object and using the "Arrange" menu to "Move up" or "Bring to Top".

Separate control descriptions: The license info overwriting the last row when descriptions are split in multiple columns.

Support for export of courses to SVG files, including LiveLox compatible meta data. SVG is Scalable Vector Graphics. An SVG file can be used when transferring a course layout to a tracking application such as LiveLox.

27 August, 2015Version 9.1.7 released. This version uses a file format compatible with version 9.1.2.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

When selecting a color for a control circle, colors that have previously been used are shown in the list for easy selection

Control descriptions: An extra line was added to the layout when using a map exchange

XML export to IOF XML 2, added an option to export relay courses as one-man relays, and an option to export relay courses in an OS2003 compatible format.

OCAD line symbols: Dashing not always correct with dash points

Import from Condes 8: Courses that are inconsistent will not be imported into Condes 9

Print Area for entire canvas under certain circumstances not correct

Course leg spreadsheet: Added column with (read-only) leg length

Texts using large fonts sometimes became invisible. For example team number on the back of relay maps.

String O lines: The string O-line now continues to the center of the finish circles

Relay courses: With complex leg forks some course variations would be missing from the list of course variations

17 July, 2015Version 9.1.6 released. This version uses a file format compatible with version 9.1.2.

Modified the drawing of the string O line on String O courses, so that the line starts at the centre of the start triangle

Course Layout Editor: When Pasting a graphics object onto a different canvas than it was copied from, it will disappear.

XML Export: Corrected handling of & and < in text strings

Course dimensions: When a canvas uses controls linked to another canvas, and uses the same dimensions (scaled proportionally with the printout scale), then the scaling is not always correct

12 June, 2014Version 9.0.12 eleased. This version uses a file format compatible with version 9.0.11

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Course Layout Editor: It is now possible to show individual course parts separately when a course has map exchanges. A drop-down list to show the course parts has been added to the toolbar above the canvas. Also added support for individual placement of control numbers for controls that appear on multiple course parts.

Separate control descriptions: Control descriptions with marked routes not laid out correctly on page,

Course legs: When removing a corner from a course leg, the course length was not updated automatically.

OCAD line symbols: When a corner symbol is defined for an OCAD line symbol, it would be shown even if it was indicated that corner symbols should be ignored

Overlaid graphics, texts, mask areas, and Condes logos: When manipulating graphics on a canvas that is using graphics objects from another canvas, the handling of new graphics objects might result in these objects "disappearing"

OCAD map layout objects: In some circumstances some of these objects may not be shown

Dot in control circle: Wrong line width used for (some) controls on a course where one or more controls has a dot in the circle

Control circle tab in Control dialog: When a canvas is configured to use the same circle and line dimensions as another canvas, but scaled proportional to the print scale, the control circle on the control circle tab in Control dialog is not the correct size.

Course Layout Editor: Gaps in course leg lines would not be shown on the screen (introduced in ver. 9.0.9)

25 January, 2014:Version 9.0.8 released. This version uses an updated file format that cannot be read by earlier versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Control Circle Dialog integrated into Control Dialog, so that he circle editor now is a tab in the Control Dialog. This facilitates simpler switching between editing the control circle and the control description.

OCAD map files: Some OCAD version 8 map files have an incorrect marking in the file header that made Condes identify them as course setting files.

Changed default width for white outline on control circles from 0.1 mm to 0.15 mm

OCAD export: When a control description is split in columns, the number of rows in each column was not always correct according to the height limit set for the control description

Control descriptions: The version and license information would not always be placed correctly under the control descriptions.

Text objects: Added Bib Number as an element for standard texts

Course Layout Editor: When de-selecting a graphics object it would sometimes not be redrawn to show it under the course overprint

Course objects (out of bounds etc.) could not always be "hit" by the mouse cursor when working on a "secondary" canvas, i.e. a canvas using controls from another canvas, at a different scale. Likewise, the tape measure would not work correctly on a "secondary" canvas.

Control descriptions: When using free text for crossing points, the layout of control descriptions in columns would not always be correct.

Masking the map: When using a print scale different from the map scale, the mask was not scaled correctly.

White outline on control numbers was not shown for the "all controls" map

OCAD export: When exporting a course with map exchange, the entire course would be exported

Preview Control Description: The control codes were shown with a tiny font size

25 November, 2013:Version 9.0.7 released. This version uses the same file format as 9.0.6

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Version 9.0.6 would crash upon startup when running on Windows XP

Courses with loops: When using multiple loops with different number of branches, the variation list could be empty in some cases

23 November, 2013:Version 9.0.6 released. This version uses an updated file format that cannot be read by earlier versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Course overprint: Added support for setting the color used for String O courses. This setting is independent from the normal course color, and is configured in Canvas / Course Color

Export coursedata to XML: Added two options for export to IOF XML version 2:1) Omit CourseId numbers in the file. This is used when the event administration package does not support CourseIds or has restrictions on the range of CourseId numbers.2) Select if courses with variations be exported as individual courses or as a single course with variations.

Trail-O courses: Control description would always be shown as "A-F"

Course overprint: Added support for white outlines on course leg lines. Similar support already exists for control circles and control numbers. This is controlled from Canvas / Course Color

Ski-O courses: Course leg lines would not be shown.

Crossing points: Added setting to control whether a crossing point should be shown in the control description or not. The default behavior is now that the crossing point is not shown in the control description. To show the crossing point in the control description, check the "Show in control description" box in the configuration window for the crossing point.

Mask areas and graphics objects: Condes would close down if selecting "Only this course" when editing the object in "Edit controls" mode

Course layout editor: Course graphics objects would not be shown if there is no map on the canvas.

Graphics objects: When dragging a corner, the object was cropped instead of resized. (Cropping is done by dragging a handle at the side of the object)

Separate control descriptions: When printing separate control descriptions that doesn't fit in one column and thus spill over to multiple columns, and the course has mandatory crossing points or marked routes in the first column, the first controls in the second column would be "replaced" by duplicates of the mandatory crossings and marked routes.

27 October, 2013:Version 9.0.4 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions..

New features

Improvements

Fixes

When merging the course between map color layers, the control numbers will remain on top of all map color layers. Likewise, the dot at the center of the circle (when a dot is shown) will remain at the top of all map color layers.For Ski-O courses, even marked routes will remain at the top of all map color layers.

Course Layout Editor: When merging the course between the map color layers, the dim function didn't work correctly

When configuring a control description so that only a range of rows are show, there is a slight incompatibility with Condes 8, so that when opening Condes 8 files in Condes 9, the range of rows may not be the same. Minor changes are made to improve compatibility.

Control dialog: Showed additional text on top of control description symbols

OCAD Export: Now using the configured colors for texts and control descriptions instead of fixed colors

Multi-page PDF files: Adobe Reader would report "An error exists on this page. Acrobat may not display the page correctly. Please contact the person who created the PDF document to correct the problem."

Mask Map: Functionality to add holes to the mask not accessible.

Relay Team Combinations view: Copy to Clipboard caused Condes to close

OCAD Export: Control description showed relay variation at the top even when this option was unchecked.

OCAD Export: Did not scale correctly between export scale and export printout scale.

Bitmap map files: Cropping did not work correctly.

Score O course: When changing a course from normal course to score O course, the start and finish point would be removed

Emit units: Unused control codes not always detected correctly

Setup line and circle dimensions: Saving the settings for the wrong canvas

After adding a boundary line or an out-of-bounds area, Condes may close down on the next mouse click

Courses with loops: course length calculation not correct

18 August, 2013:Version 9.0.0 released. See here for a description of new functionality. This version uses a new file format that cannot be read by previous Condes versions.

7 August, 2013:Version 8.3.4 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

EPS Export: When overlaid graphics extends beyond the print area frame, the exported EPS file may be invalid

When zooming the map and when scaling overlaid graphics, the map / overlaid graphics may become invisible.

20 February, 2013:Version 8.3.2 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Changed default setting for score O number format from "Number Only" to "Code and Points". The Score O number fomat controls what is shown next to the control circle on the map.

Crash during startup of Condes. This would happen consistently every time on a small number of Windows installations.

On a leg to an "end-of-marked-leg" point where the leg is configured with marking, there would be two rows in the control description indicating the marked route, instead of the expected single row.

If frame width is set to 0 for the frame around the print area, the frame becomes invisible, even in the Course Layout Editor

In the "Create Event File Wizard", when indicating that you use two maps with different map scales, the Wizard page would not allow you to change the map scale for the second map.

25 November, 2012:Version 8.3.0 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Turkish language support, both for menus and dialogs and for symbol names.

OCAD Export: When exporting to OCAD and no coordinate translation has been configured, Condes coordinates would be used. This has been changed so that when an OCAD file is used, Condes will now translate to OCAD coordinates instead.

When attempting to copy the standard symbol file to your own location, the copying would place the copied file at the wrong location.

Course leg to a start point inside the course, used as a map change point, will now always be shown.

Relay courses: No check to prevent that common control between two forks could be deleted.

Support for up to 320 color layers in an OCAD file. Previously 256 was supported.

23 July, 2012:Version 8.2.20 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Updated Norwegian symbol names in the symbol file

When the map is cropped, the canvas size was not calculated correctly.

OCAD line objects: If a line object is a closed path, and a gap is introduced, the rendering would not be correct - a "spike" would be drawn to the start point of the line.

When setting the event name to an empty string, the control description header would not be drawn correctly.

Print maps with courses: When changing the printer after clicking the "print" button, the page layout would not be correct.

Printing to PDFCreator: If two copies of the map fit on one page, objects from one map may not be cropped correctly by PDFCreator, so that they may overlap the other map. Introduced measure to circumvent this PDFCreator problem.

When attempting to copy the standard symbol file to your own location, the copying would fail if a file with the same name already exists.

3 May, 2012:Version 8.2.19 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

On Windows XP and previous Windows versions, a crash would occur when clicking on a button to select a file, for example when selecting a background map file.

28 April, 2012:Version 8.2.18 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

When sorting courses, if the course name contains a number, the number will be used in the sorting.

After Undo/Redo changes on a course, the course length shown on the screen would not be recalculated. Likewise, the control/course diagram would not be updated

When renaming a control, and selecting the option "leave courses unchanged", the courses would still be updated.

OCAD export: Texts that contain the relay variation code would not have the correct length

XML export: Crash when exporting from an event with no courses

Course Layout Editor: When showing adjacent controls, two controls on the same location would not show a distance of 0, but the distance to the next nearest control.

Course Layout Editor: When showing adjacent controls, two controls on the same location would not show a distance of 0, but the distance to the next nearest control.

17 December, 2011:Version 8.2.17 released. This version uses an updated file format that can not be read by previous Condes versions..

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Export courses as OCAD files: Added configuration option for "overprint effect" for the colors in the exported file. Available in "Export" / "Export courses to OCAD" / "Colors..."

Course Layout Editor: When changing map file, map scale field was not updated

Insert control: Condes would under certain circumstances display an error message and freeze when using the "insert control" tool to insert a control into a course.

4 December, 2010:Version 8.2.9 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Start point with marked route from time start: Added the marked route to the control description

Renumber controls: This function did not correctly handle course legs. After the renumbering took place, the configured properties for one course leg may have been applied to another course leg.

Export as bitmap: Improved the "file save as" dialog, so that the chosen bitmap type is shown in the "File type" field

Show attack angles in the "Control Circle" dialog: This function did not always show the correct attack angles

Score-O course and course with random order controls: The start triangle now points to North instead of to the first control.

Insert fork in relay course: Not possible to insert a fork at the top of a Leg fork.

Score-O courses: The configuration of number format in the "Course Dialog" was not working correctly

Event Wizard: When the event wizard was shown upon starting Condes with no previous event to open, the wizard would disappear after 5 seconds.

3 September, 2010:Version 8.2.8 released. This version uses the same file format as previous versions.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

The symbol file, which contains the symbols for control descriptions, can now be placed in a folder different from the Condes program file. This alleviates a restriction in Windows Vista. Likewise, the punches file, which contains standard punch patterns, can be placed in a user selected folder. The settings for these folders have been added to the File / Standard settings for this PC menu

Added an option on a course "show finish only on the last part". When this option is checked, finish circles will be shown only on the map for the last part of a course with map exchange. If unchecked, finish circles will be shown on the maps for each part.

In the relay combination string, leg forks are shown with lower case letters, i.e. in aBBbA, the first fork and the third fork are "leg forks".

When importing a course from another event, a click on the control description would in some situations cause Condes to crash.

OCAD maps: Added support for image objects.

Mouse wheel in course layout editor: reversed the direction of the mouse wheel so that Ctrl+Roll up will zoom in, and Ctrl+Roll down will zoom out.

When renumbering controls, the leg lines would not be updated to correspond with the new control numbers, so the "shape" of leg lines would be forgotten.

Course Layout Editor: The canvas drop down list is widened.

Class Spreadsheet: The drop-down list to select the class would not drop down when clicking on it.

Graphics object properties window: A new button allows the user to "refresh" the graphics contents from the existing file without having to go through selecting the file again. (Provided that the file is still in place where it was originally loaded from). This allows for an easy way to update graphics when the original file has been updated.

Added "Copy to clipboard" to the toolbar for preview control description and preview control card.

Course Layout Editor: On canvas 2, when using the same controls as on canvas 1, a problem could occur when editing points on a course leg or when inserting a control into a course leg.

Print maps with courAdded overlap when a map printout splits over multiple pages. Printer drivers do not always provide Condes with accurate information on the printable page size, so it happens that there is a gap between what is printed on two adjacent pages. To overcome this, Condes now automatically overlaps printouts 2 mm when printing from the Course Layout Editor. When printing from the Print / Maps and Courses menu, the overlap is configurable.

Condes file format: When "embedding" a graphics object in a Condes event file, Condes will now save bitmaps in the original compressed format. This results in greatly reduced file size for the Condes event file.

Print maps with courses: A text object with "classes" will now show all relevant classes when printing a course, and only the selected class when printing a class.

String O courses: The string line required Ctrl down to move points.

Print maps with courses, "Define" button caused crash when a class was selected.

Course Layout Editor: The navigation bar to the left of the canvas would sometimes not show up when opening the second event file in the same Condes window.

Improved format for reports: Controls Spreadsheet, Courses Spreadsheet, Classes Spreadsheet, Control/Course diagram, Relay Course Variations, Relay Team Combinations. Improved pagination support when printing these reports. All of these reports now also have a Copy to clipboard function.

OCAD Text Objects: More precise handling of line height.

EPS export: Diagonal in control description field did not show up.

Course Layout Editor: New functions to highlight controls that are currently not used on any course (unused controls) and controls that are closer than 30 m (adjacent controls)

OCAD Course Setting Import: There is now a function to import data from an OCAD Course Setting file.

Tooltips for course legs: Added length of current relay branch to the tooltip text.

Importing controls: Importing a control with a time start would cause Condes to crash.

Improved user interface for a number of dialogs.

Control descriptions for Score O courses: More options for what to show in columns A and B. Column A can show either points values or control numbers. Column B can show either points values or control codes.

OCAD area objects with holes: Borderline for such objects not handled correctly.

Mountain Bike O courses: Added dot in center of control circle

Control descriptions: Additional text for course legs used incorrect fonts in some instances.

Control Descriptions: New option to show the file name of the Condes file under the control description. This can be used to check if the printout comes from the correct file.

OCAD maps: When reading the map file, there is now a specific error message if you try to open an OCAD course setting file instead of an OCAD map file.

EPS export: Wrong clipping of the map when exporting to a scale different from the map scale.

Control dialog: Added Emit codes 176 to 276 to the list of selectable codes

OCAD maps: Point symbols on line objects, such as for example power line poles, were not drawn correctly at corner points on a straight line.

OCAD export: Added support for white outline of control numbers and codes on the course overprint

OCAD maps: It has happened that some map symbols are wrongly marked as course setting symbols. Condes skipped such symbols, and they were therefore not shown on the map. Condes now ignores the marking and accepts all symbols in an OCAD map file even if they are marked as course setting symbols.

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OCAD maps: Condes now supports cutting of point objects (such as circles). This has necessitated a new file format for version 8.1.20

Export EPS: Added support for exporting a blank map

25 July, 2009:Version 8.1.19 released.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Emit punch patterns: Support for the extended range up to control number 276.

Control number placement on map: If a course visits the same control multiple times, and there is a map exchange between the visits, the control number placement on the map would only be correct on the first part of the course.

OCAD maps: Line Text Objects not handled correctly. A map with a line text object might under certain circumstances lead to a crash.

EPS export: When exporting at a different scale than the printout scale, Condes might mistakenly move the print area, so the export would be empty.

You can now add a white outline on control numbers and control codes on the map. This feature can be configured in Course Layout / Setup overprint.

Renumber controls: Would not renumber control if the event had precisely 10 controls.

Printing "area covered by course": Under certain circumstances, the entire map area would be printed.

Overlaid graphics: When having editing an overlaid graphics and substituted the existing graphics image in the overlaid graphics object with another, sometimes the event file would become garbled. The next time the file was attempted opened, Condes would not be able to open the file.

OCAD Text object: Underlining text in an OCAD Text object would sometimes result in incorrect formatting of the text.

Overprint effect for colours in OCAD maps: A setting to disable this effect would be ignored.

Show relay variation above control description: A setting to disable this effect would not be saved.

Export OCAD file: Add Condes colors to OCAD map would omit the black color used for the control descriptions.

6 February, 2009:Version 8.1.14 released. This version still uses the 8.1.12 file format.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Minor corrections to German symbol titles

Print Maps with Courses: When printing courses with map exchange, under certain circumstances, the control description for the last part of the course was shown on all parts.

Added check to validation to prevent two start controls in a row.

Course dialog: Error when opening the course dialog for a course without controls.

Control descriptions ("How much"): If the course contains a mandatory crossing later in the course than the limit specified for a partial control description (via "What"/"How much"), then the control description would continue until the mandatory crossing.

Control site status flags: Changing these flags could cause a crash.

Export Bitmap File: Under certain circumstances, the exported bitmap would be shifted slightly to the side.

Course Layout Editor: For a start point with time start leg, the time start leg would be "invisible" when the start point was selected.

OCAD maps: Incorrect handling of LineText objects with only one character in the text.

Partial control descriptions: start would not be shown on a partial.

OCAD maps: When merging the course overprint into the map colour layers, the control description would also be merged.

21 October, 2008:Version 8.1.11 released.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Course Edit window: It is now possible to define relay legs only for "Normal", "Ski-O", and "Mountainbike-O" courses. Likewise, it is now possible to define "random order" controls only for the mentioned course types. It does not make sense to define relay legs and random order controls for trail-O and string-O courses.

Course Layout Editor. Improvement in version 8.1.10 about clipping all overlapping circles on a course would also clip the finish circles when finish is co-located with start. Adjusted the clipping so that start and finish do not "clip" each other.

Course Layout Editor: Added warning when you are about to delete a control, which is used on one or more courses.

Course Edit window: The course length is now updated as you go when adding new controls to the course.

Control Edit window: Crash when clicking outside the list of symbols on the symbol palette.

Renumber controls: The algorithm to renumber controls would in rare circumstances not renumber all controls. This could lead to duplicate control codes.

">Control Circle Editor: Incorrect behaviour when changing between canvases where the circle has different cutting.

9 September, 2008:Version 8.1.10 released.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

Course Layout Editor: Previously Condes would only automatically clip overlapping circles for controls that are sequentially following each other on a course. Now, all overlapping circles on a course will be automatically clipped.

Course Layout Editor: After using the "renumber controls" function, Condes did not update the list of controls in the left sidebar. This could lead to a crash if clicking on a non-existing control in the sidebar.

Control circles: Condes maintains two different settings for the radius of control circles. There is one radius that is used when showing the control circle "on a course", and another radius that is used when showing the control circle on a map with "all controls". The standard setting for the "all controls" radius was smaller than the "normal" setting. This would make it easier to distinguish circles when you have many controls close together. However, this has created confusion because cutting the circles when in "all controls" mode would not be correct for the circle when shown on a course. The standard setting for control circle radius is now the 3 mm for both modes. You can still change the setting if you want the "all controls" circles to be smaller.

Course Layout Editor: Tooltips on the toolbar would flicker quickly.

OCAD Export: The first aid symbol would not be placed correctly when exporting to a scale different from the map scale.

Course Layout Editor: In some circumstances, a control description template would be auto-generated, even when auto-generate was disabled.

Control Circle dialog window: When changing to a canvas without a map, Condes would crash.

OCAD Export: Various problems with the colour table in the exported OCAD file.

Start points: The length of the leg from time start would not be included in the calculated course length. This problem was introduced in version 8.1.7

OCAD/EPS/Bitmap export: For the Danish, German and Swedish locale, the "file type filter" mistakenly showed "xml" as the file type.

9 August, 2008:Version 8.1.9 released.

New features

Improvements

Fixes

You can now change the line width and the color of the "Boundary Line" overprinting symbol. The Boundary Line is normally drawn with the same color as the course and with a width of 0.7 mm, but if you want to change this for a given line, just double click on it, or use the right click menu Properties to change the settings for the line.

OCAD map files: Sometimes there is inconsistent data in OCAD map files. This can lead to unpredicted behaviour or even crash Condes. A couple of changes have been made to make Condes a bit more "immune" to these errors.

The File / Standard settings for this PC menu opens a dialog window with settings that control the standard behaviour of Condes. This dialog window has got a new tab with settings for the Course Layout Editor. The new settings include: - if a course name text is automatically put on the map - if a control description is automatically put on the map - if a color frame is automatically put around the print area. So, if you are not happy with the standard behaviour, you can change these settings.

Print Area frame: The standard color for the print area frame has been changed from dark green to blue. You can change this color by double clicking on the print area frame.